LVMAK
30th Dec 2019, 16:35
hey guys,
For this new year I have decided to persue my childhood's dream to become a pilot. I'll be asking for an appointment as soon as the festivities are gone, but there are a couple of things that I'd like to ask clarification about. Considering the latest EASA changes due to the unfortunate Germanwings accident, this has raised a couple of questions to me.
1. How does the initial interview and screening looks like?
I'm particularly concerned for the "mental health" part. Nothing wrong with it, I'm fortunately a healthy person but did have quite a stressful period due to external factors (failing school due to deciding to finish school 3 years in one, while parents were divorcing, being low on money at 17 living alone, etc) where I suffered from a 'burnout', more like overworked. Stress nevertheless. I was never medicated for this, neither saw a private professional. I did have help from the GP's practitioner for around half a year.
I recovered well from it, and it's over 3 years that this happened. My life changed a lot since and I was able to build a stable life, income and honestly at the end glad it happened, it gave me a lot of lessons.
2. I was thinking to add a new GP's statement, whatever they will write I'm confident it's positive. Good or bad idea?
3. In the checkbox initial questionnaire, what do I have to fill in about this, as it's not really any serious mental disease/illness like depression..? Should I ask this when I make the appointment as well, or do I risk to be blacklisted accidentally?
4. Did anyone have a similar scenario, how did it go and how did you manage it?
Some clarification and advice would be greatly appreciated, especially that I read similar stories being handled as "difficult cases".
Thanks a lot in advance :)
For this new year I have decided to persue my childhood's dream to become a pilot. I'll be asking for an appointment as soon as the festivities are gone, but there are a couple of things that I'd like to ask clarification about. Considering the latest EASA changes due to the unfortunate Germanwings accident, this has raised a couple of questions to me.
1. How does the initial interview and screening looks like?
I'm particularly concerned for the "mental health" part. Nothing wrong with it, I'm fortunately a healthy person but did have quite a stressful period due to external factors (failing school due to deciding to finish school 3 years in one, while parents were divorcing, being low on money at 17 living alone, etc) where I suffered from a 'burnout', more like overworked. Stress nevertheless. I was never medicated for this, neither saw a private professional. I did have help from the GP's practitioner for around half a year.
I recovered well from it, and it's over 3 years that this happened. My life changed a lot since and I was able to build a stable life, income and honestly at the end glad it happened, it gave me a lot of lessons.
2. I was thinking to add a new GP's statement, whatever they will write I'm confident it's positive. Good or bad idea?
3. In the checkbox initial questionnaire, what do I have to fill in about this, as it's not really any serious mental disease/illness like depression..? Should I ask this when I make the appointment as well, or do I risk to be blacklisted accidentally?
4. Did anyone have a similar scenario, how did it go and how did you manage it?
Some clarification and advice would be greatly appreciated, especially that I read similar stories being handled as "difficult cases".
Thanks a lot in advance :)